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Microsoft to push up UK volume pricing by up to a third

...is in the process of negotiating with the Cabinet Office on public-sector licensing. The negotiations will probably offset price increases for the public sector... Read more

2 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Defence companies targeted in spear-phishing attack

...was unable to give more details of the attacks on the defence sector, which is one of the five industries covered by the information-sharing... Read more

3 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Government rolls out CloudStore mark 2

...the government chief information officer, said: "Using cloud solutions in the public sector that have been assured and accredited will almost always be less expensive... Read more

21 May, 2012 by Staff

NHS patients' health data to be anonymised and shared

The government's NHS Information Strategy sets out plans to enable the reuse of data and give patients access more access to their health details online Read more

21 May, 2012 by Jo Best

Government IT: Sacrificial lamb or public service saviour?

...200px" width="300px" />Most of the paper forms handled by the public sector lend themselves to being completed onlinePhoto: Shutterstock ...some face-to-face services... Read more

31 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

Add shared services, subtract CIOs: David Wilde's recipe for a better public sector

...and I think that's helping us shift." The move towards public sector bodies sharing IT systems in the cloud is picking up momentum in... Read more

12 July, 2011 by Nick Heath

Cambridgeshire opts in to Virgin's public sector network

...Cambridgeshire County Council and other public-sector bodies in the county have signed a framework contract with Virgin Media... Read more

29 June, 2011 by Staff

Virgin Media launches public-sector network for London

...four years, during which time any customers from the capital's public sector can arrange deals to last for up to five years. It involves... Read more

16 June, 2011 by Staff

BT named as Public Sector Network provider

...the Cabinet Office to become one of the providers underpinning the Public Sector Network programme, the company said on Tuesday. BT Wholesale has signed a... Read more

10 May, 2011 by Ben Woods

Socitm records 1,000 IT job losses in public sector

...The public sector cut an estimated 1,000 IT staff last year, and the job... Read more

21 January, 2011 by Matthew Broersma

Government seeks savings through licence shuffle

...as Microsoft, are just as loath to discuss the subject of public-sector licensing. However, the combination of fiscal pressures and new access to government... Read more

1 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

CIO tips on how to survive losing your budget

...business change, said developing shared standards for IT kit across the public sector could also allow authorities to come up with a common specification for... Read more

1 June, 2011 by Nick Heath

Public sector IT jobs on the rise

...are getting even better. The number of IT vacancies in the public sector has increased by 5.98 percent from April to May 2011, according... Read more

24 May, 2011 by Shelley Portet

IT to play role in massive public-sector cuts

...Chancellor George Osborne has announced massive cuts to public-sector budgets in the government's spending review, with IT departments expected to... Read more

20 October, 2010 by David Meyer and Tom Espiner

NAO: Government needs 'firm grasp' on open data costs

...finance, where costs are being cut significantly."The cost of publishing public-sector data is likely to have risen further where information was repackaged to... Read more

18 April, 2012 by Gill Hitchcock

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Lonnie

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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...... and PDP11s too

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I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

19 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

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Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

22 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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